Where does “cont” come from?

cont (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch cunt, from Proto-West Germanic kunþ, from Proto-Germanic kunþaz, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “cont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchcuntknown, familiar
2Proto-West Germanickunþknown
3Proto-Germanickunþazpast participle of *kunnaną; known
4Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “cont”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunnaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunþaz →